§ 11. Sir GEORGE TOULMINasked whether any report had been made by the British Plenipotentiaries to the International Opium Conference at The Hague; whether the Convention and the report were signed by all the Plenipotentiaries with or without reservations; what the reservations, if any, were; and whether the further papers to be presented will contain full information on these points?
§ Sir E. GREYA report is now in course of preparation by the British Plenipotentiaries to the International Opium Convention, and will be laid before Parliament. It will contain no reservations, and will, I believe, bear the signatures of all the Plenipotentiaries. The Convention was presented to Parliament in February last, contains one reservation, and bears the signatures of all the British Plenipotentiaries with the exception of Sir Cecil Clementi-Smith, who was absent in England at the time that the Convention was signed.
§ Dr. CHAPPLEWere any definite instructions given to the British Plenipotentiaries and were they carried out?
§ Sir E. GREYI would like the hon. Member to give me notice of that question.